Activists and members of the public in Myitkyina staged a protest on Tuesday against hydroelectric dam proposals as a workshop was being held in the Kachin State capital to discuss issues surrounding these often contentious developments.
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Norwegian support for hydropower: peacebuilding through best practice
Karen pastors and community leaders expressed their concerns – but by the end of the meeting they were satisfied to go ahead with a pre-feasibility study. The “no dams” signs were later taken down.
BUSINESS – Austria offers support on hydropower
Austria has pledged to provide Burma with technical support on hydropower generation, said Vienna’s visiting Transport, Innovation and Technology Minister Doris Bures upon signing MoUs with Burma’s Naypyidaw’s Electric Power and Transportation ministries on Thursday. DVB has learnt that the assistance on the electricity sector will mainly focused on a high-technology project to generate hydropower …
India eyes $5.6bn Burma hydropower deal
India looks to expand economic presence in its eastern neighbour with plans underway to construct two major hydropower dams
Six villages relocated for Arakan hydropower plant
June 25, 2009 (DVB), Six villages located near the proposed site of a hydropower plant in Burma's western Arakan state have been displaced by Burmese military, with added concerns that civilians nearby will be forced to help build the plant. The villages, near to Buthidaung township, are home to the Khami ethnic group, whose numbers …
Burma to experience week without power as junta fails to mitigate upstream shock
Burma’s return to the dark ages took an all too familiar step forward after the military’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE) announced on Sunday that the country faces week-long nationwide power cuts. Outages are slated to occur between March 12 and March 18, with most regions likely to experience total blackouts for at least …